AAF District XI Announces District Winners of The American Advertising Awards

American Advertising Awards judging took place for the Pacific Northwest Division on April 8 & 9 in Boise, Idaho, and Professional Best of Show honors went to Drake Cooper of Boise, Idaho for their entry “18 Summers” Mini Documentary, done for the Idaho Department of Tourism.

A Professional Judges’ Choice Award for “Outstanding Body of Work” was given to the Tacoma Rainiers of Tacoma, Washington for their series of entries “We R Tacoma” which won a total of five District Gold ADDY Awards.

A Professional Judges’ Choice Award for “Best Television” was given to DNA of Seattle, Washington for their TV campaign “One Goal. Group Health” done for Group Health.

In the District XI Student division of the American Advertising Awards, Best of Show honors went to Charles Cooper of Montana State University for his entry “Greater Yellowstone Coalition Tea Bags.”

All District XI Gold and Silver ADDY Award winners are eligible to advance to the final, National judging round of the American Advertising Awards competition. National ADDY Award winners will be announced Saturday, June 13 at the American Advertising Awards Gala at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas.

This year’s District XI judges were Steve Babcock of EVB in Boulder, Colorado, Dave Newbold of Richter7 in Salt Lake City, Utah and Lee Allan of Gage in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The complete list of District XI Gold and Silver ADDY Award winners is below.

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Boise State University
Brigham Young University - Idaho
Idaho State University
University of Idaho
Montana State University
University of Oregon
Washington State University
Washington State University-Vancouver